The Unicorn Hunt - Dorothy Dunnett [1]
Rulers
*England: King Edward IV, House of York, vying with *Henry VI, House of Lancaster
*Scotland: King James III
*France: King Louis XI
*Flanders: Duke Charles of Burgundy
*Pope: Paul II
*Venice: Doge Cristoforo Moro
*Milan: Duke Galeazzo-Maria Sforza
*Cyprus: King James de Lusignan (Zacco)
*Portugal: King Alfonso V
*Ottoman Empire: Sultan Mehmet II
*Mameluke Empire: Sultan Qayt Bey
House of Niccolò
(COUNTING-HOUSES IN VENICE AND BRUGES):
Nicholas (Niccolò) de Fleury, master (formerly vander Poele)
Gelis van Borselen, dame de Fleury, his wife
Gregorio (Goro) of Asti, lawyer and manager
Margot, Gregorio’s mistress
Julius of Bologna, notary and manager
Cristoffels (Cefo), Venice management
Tobias Beventini of Grado, physician
Father Godscalc of Cologne, chaplain
Father Moriz of Augsburg, chaplain and metallurgist
John le Grant, engineer, Alexandria agent
Diniz Vasquez, Bruges management
Mathilde (Tilde) de Charetty, his wife
Catherine de Charetty, her younger sister
Henninc, dyeworks manager, Bruges
Astorre (Syrus de Astariis) mercenary commander
Thomas, deputy to Astorre
Michael Crackbene, shipmaster
*John (Jannekin) Bonkle, agent in Scotland, bastard of the Provost of Trinity College, Edinburgh
Oliver Semple, Scottish land factor
Wilhelm of Hall, goldsmith
Bertuccio, agent in Florence
Achille, sub-agent, Alexandria
Govaerts of Brussels, steward
Ederic of Antwerp, manservant
Donat of Louvain, huntsman/groom
Dionigi, cook
Ochoa de Marchena, former shipmaster of the Ghost/Doria
Scotland
*James Stewart, (third of the name), King of Scotland
*Alexander (Sandy) Stewart, Duke of Albany, his brother
*Sir James (Jamie) Liddell of Halkerston, Albany’s steward
*John Stewart, Earl of Mar, the King’s younger brother
*Margaret Stewart (Bleezie Meg), the King’s younger sister
*Mariota Darrauch, nurse to Margaret
*Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran, the King’s elder sister
*Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran, her husband
*Robert, Lord Boyd, father of Thomas
*James Stewart of Auchterhouse (Hearty James), half-uncle to King James
*John Stewart, Earl of Atholl, another half-uncle
*Margaret of Denmark, Norway, Vandalia etc., bride of King James
*Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Master of the Royal Household
*Archibald Whitelaw, Royal Secretary
*Andrew Stewart, Lord Avandale, Chancellor
*Patrick Graham, Bishop of St Andrews (nephew of Bishop Kennedy)
*James Hamilton of Cadzow, 1st Lord Hamilton
*Joneta Hamilton, his natural daughter
*Sir Robert Semple of Elliotstoun, sheriff of Renfrew
*William Semple his son, ‘second cousin to Oliver Semple’
*Robert, Lord Fleming of Biggar
*Malcolm Fleming, his son
*John and David, his grandsons
Jordan de St Pol of Kilmirren, vicomte de Ribérac, merchant-magnate of Scotland and France
Simon de St Pol the Younger of Kilmirren, his son
Henry de St Pol, son of Simon’s late wife Katelina, sister to Gelis van Borselen
Lucia, sister of Simon and mother of Diniz Vasquez
Matten, her maid
Isobella (Bel) of Cuthilgurdy, her neighbour
*Andro Wodman, ‘escort of Bel’
*John Lamb, Leith merchant
*Thomas (Thom) Swift, Edinburgh merchant
*William of Berecrofts (Old Will), Canongate merchant
*Archibald of Berecrofts the Younger (Archie), his son
*Robin, son of Archie
*William Sinclair, Earl of Caithness and Orkney
*Elizabeth (Betha) Sinclair, his daughter, widow of Patrick Dunbar of Blantyre and Cumnock
*Catherine Sinclair, his daughter by another wife
*Euphemia (Phemie) Dunbar, Betha’s cousin, daughter of George Dunbar, Earl of March, and of Orkney’s sister
*Elizabeth, Prioress, Cistercian Priory, Haddington
*Dame Alisia Maitland, nun of the same priory Ada, priory servant
*William Roger (Whistle Willie), English musician
*Thomas Cochrane, master mason
*William Scheves, cleric, royal apothecary
*Archibald Crawford, Abbot of Holyrood
*Sir William Knollys, Preceptor in Scotland of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem
*John Gosyn of Kinloch, a chaplain of the Order
*David (Davie) Lindsay, 5th Earl of Crawford
*James (Jack)